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PREFACE. 



The brain is the light by which all things and 
conditions become known, of human abilities and 
disabilities, mentally and physically, by a standard 
rule of diagnosis. The mandates of nature never 
fail to direct us in the right path; if we study them 
carefully as we ought, we find them free from capri- 
ciousness. 

This science is of the utmost importance, as it 
educates the people to tlie highest standard of intel- 
lectual and physical development by the elucidation 
of every condition TO A DEGREE, FROM ONE TO TEN, and 
removes every doubt by vivifying latent functions 
that still remain a mystery to those who depend 
upon the simple rules of common practice where the 
double root is required. We must progress upon the 
rules of law and order of nature, without which our 
knowledge of men's ability and development is vague 
and unsatisfactory ; with it everything in sickness 
and health; as shown by these Charts we need fre- 
quent examinations as a preservative of life and 
strength. The most evenly developed people are the 
most healthy, active, practical workers, and reliable 
citizens, that live the longest, when the temperaments 
are propitiously blended. 

But this science, like all others, has its difficul- 
ties, such as very thick skulls, coarse hair, fleshy 
heads, sensitive temperaments that are easily excited ; 
the head puffs and is pulpy, thus rendering accurate 
delineations more difficult, and repeated examina- 
tions a necessity, as it is the only science that gives 
the proper knowledge of ourselves anrid capabilities, 
and for what business or profession nature has de- 
signed us, to ensure success in life. 



INTRODUCTORY. 



Anatomical and Pathological Phrenology 

fills a place long sought and much needed for the successful 
completion of the medical skill in practice and its literature. 
It is free from professional technicalities, and it comprehends 
the whole man. It imparts unlimited knowledge of the 
human system, and is acknowledged by the most scientific 
men of the age to be the missing links, and the desideratum 
of life, as taught and practiced by the author, with the suc- 
cess that knows no equal. As no time is lost in undue ex- 
periments, reflex have no limit, and the positive and negative 
tell the story. 

No physician can be thorough without a perfect knowl- 
edge of the whole man. 

Dr. W. Wilson's " Guide for Physicians" teaches that 
knowledge. It is a library in itself — a work that will live 
through all time, and revolutionize every school of practice. 
Science is greater than men. 

As it corrects many errors in anatomy that are arbitrary, 
the details of which are reliable, instructive and interesting, 
and presents that science in a new light, with a standing 
rule of diagnosis from a reflex of divine law, wisely pro- 
vided in mathematical order, it shows the absurdity of 



vivisection, and the analogy of the human system to that of 
the animal, as a fallacy. 

It treats on the principles of automatism and the organs 
most influenced by its functions. Also, the principles of 
economy in the evolutions of the recuperatives and respira- 
tives. and the organs that do the most work, and most liable 
to accidents, over-taxation, disease and fractures, and if 
skilfully treated or not; the evil effects of malpractice of 
mercury, errors in the treatment of consumption as a lung 
disease, and all complicated diseases that have become 
chronic from ignorance of this science, that represents up- 
wards of five hundred diseases unknown by any other rules 
oi science in materia medica. 

The claims of Phrenology are not less arbitrary, 

as the human system is constantlv changing : some organs 
more than others, and in some people more than in others. 
These facts have -jailed the vision of science for ages. But 
the revolution of time and study have overcome the mystery. 
emitting light that presents these hidden stimulators in their 
irradiance and erratic functions with equal celerity, unfold- 
ing the rules of organs that fluctuate most, and those of the 
least, and those that are stationary, and why so. Also, the 
organs that do the most work, and the kind of work, and 
most liable to suffer changes from over-taxation, malforma- 
tion, accidents, disease, domestic disappointments, death, 
and the social disqualifications, business and financial diffi- 
culties, and the conflict of human events, and not the less in- 
cluding prosperity, that reflects repose and stimulates ambi- 



tion, so aspiring and divine, that makes man the noblest 
work of God, that would be impossible without this sympa- 
thetic organization of many parts, with each and all a 
specific work, mapped out with such accuracy that teaches 
every mission so plain that it is within the reach of all ; hence 
ostracism of this science, the gift of God, has become a high 
crime. The penalty of ignorance afflicts communities, and 
individuals suffer alike. Reader, yon know that yon are an 
organized being, and it is a duty yon owe yourself to study 
these organs, and to preserve them. The value of this sci- 
ence is beyond price, for the culture and development of 
future generations, the practicability of which is best known 
by those who are recipients of its benefits. As a proof of 
this experience, read the Testimonials at the end of this book 
as samples of the many constantly coming to the Doctor. 

Those wishing to learn this science can do so by studying 
the " Guide for Physicians," in process of publication. 

Address orders to 

Dr. W. Wilson, 

237 Longwood Ave., 

Boston, Mass. 



MENTAL DEVELOPMENTS 

OF THE 

Animal and Domestic Group of Faculties or Instincts 


Index, 1 I 2 3 ■ 4 j 5 | 6 | 7 j 8 | 9 10 


i. 

2. 

3* 

4- 

5- 

6. 

7 
8. 

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ii. 

12. 

13- 

14. 

15 
16 

17 

18 

19 

20 

21 

22 

23 

24 

25 
26 

27 
28 

29 
30 


ApprobativeneSS, love of notice and display, 
AmativeneSS, connubial instinct, . . . 
Conjugal, love of union for life, . . . 
Parental, love and fidelity to offspring, . 
Adhesiveness, fidelity to, and faith in kin, 
Animal Love, kind to dumb animals, . 
Friendship, fidelity to friends, . . . 
Tranquility in the Marriage State, . . 
Gratitude, sense of favors received, . 
VitativeneSS, clinging to life tenaciously, 
Agreeableness, evenness, affability, . . 
Continuity, consecutive application, 
Sauvity, blandness and stability, . . . 
InhabitivenesS, love of home, retirement, 
InhabitivenesS, " country, politically, 
Tranquility of mind in business and money 

Excitability, lack of tact, 

Secretiveness, self-control, policy, . . 
Secretiveness, craftiness, reticence, . . 
CombativeneSS, courage, reliance, defence, 
DestrUCtiveneSS, executiveness, promptness, 
Destructiveness, malice, reticence, . . 

Alimentiveness, appetite for food, . . 

Alimentiveness, appetite for liquids, . 
Individuality, memory of faces and forms, 
Locality, memory of place and positions, 
Instinct, nature's mandates displayed, . 

• Self Esteem, self reliance, confidence, . 
Pirmness, stability of purpose, set, . . 

• Pirmness, haughty, cold, distant, . . . 









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SELFISH PROPENSITIES. 


Index, : i ! 2 ■ 3 4 | 5 1 6 7 8 9 |io 


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32 
33 

34 
35 
36 
37 
38 

39 
40 


Secretiveness, 

Self Esteem, 

Alimentiveness, 

Acquisitiveness, 

Cold indifference, 

Stubbornness, 

Sullenness, 


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Haughtiness, 

Combativeness, 

Destructiveness, 


Developments of the Moral Faculties. 

The Tentli Degree is Strongest and Deepest, 




Index, 


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41 

42 
43 
44 

45 
46 

47 
48 

49 
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52 
53 
54 

55 


• Benevolence, kindness, philanthropy, . 
Benevolence, sympathy for aged people, 
Truth, loved because it is right, . . 
Dissimulation, repudiated for lack of justice, 
Conscientiousness, the golden rule, . 
Hope, anchor of the soul and sweetness of life, 
Spirituality, nature's blissful perspective, 
Faith fascination, power of charming- others 
Friendship, to help in time of need, . . 

Fidelity, and progression, 

Fruition, enjoyment of the world & nature. 
Veneration, a due regard for station in life, 

Eeligious Feelings, love of divinity, . 

Thinker, cautious, prudence, safety, ! . 
Suavity, pleasantness and persuasion, . 


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Admiration of the Beautiful. 




Index, .... 


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56 
57 
58 
59 
60 
61 
62 
63 


Ideality, 




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. Marvellousness, 

. Approbativeness, 

. Order, 

. Taste for the Classics, 

. Friendship, 

. Music, 







Literary and Poetic or Intellectual Organs. 




Index 


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65 

66 

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68 

69 
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72 
73 
74 
75 


Originality, 

Causalitv, 


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Comparison, 

Constructiveness, 

Eventuality, 

Hope, 


Approbativeness, 

Ideality, 

Sublimity, 


Imitation, 


Marvelousness, 


Mental Developments of Semi-Intellectual Faculties. 






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76 

77 
78 
79 
80 
81 
82 

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84 

85 
86 

87 

89 
90 

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92 

93 
94 


Caution, foresight of consequences, . 
Causality, seeking for cause from effect, 
Continuity, study for investigation, . . 
Comparison, to explain by analogy,fitness, 

Agreeableness, to obtain favors, . . 

Agility, responsive, progressive, . . . 
Ambition, a desire to be somebody, . . 
BlandneSS, polite, civility, refined, . . 
Gallantry, brave, noble in a good cause, 
Imitation, aptitude to copy, mimic, etc., 
Imitation, dramatic personations,tragedy, 
Imitation, a bi^ty to use tools mechanically 

Orthography, spelling, 

Human Nature, ability to judge of character, 
Form, ability to judge of shape and forms, 
Color, ability to judge of colors,adaptation, 
Locality, ability to find way after visiting once 

• Instinct, display of nature, .... 

• Originality, a natural gift, .... 


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PERCEPTIVE FACULTIES. -ABILITY TO LEARN. 

These Organs are the Alphabet of Knowledge. 


Index, ! i 1 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 ■ 6 | 7 | 8 9 


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95. Eventuality, 

96. Individuality, 

97. Language, 

98 Tune 




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102. Calculation, 

103. Locality, . • 


104 Weight, 


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106. Color, 


107. Imitation 


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108. Clear Head, 

109. Originality, 

no. Continuity, 


Reasoning Faculties. — Developed, and to what extent. 




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HI* Knowledge , of human nature, and its adaptability 

112. Causality, cause and effect, . . . . 

113- AgreeableneSS, affinity, attraction, . . 

1 14- Comparison, to criticise with exactness, 

I *5' Locality, judge ofplaces, and conditions of things, 
Il6. Common Sense, to be reasonable in all things 

II 7' Adaptability, to use all things, not abusing them 
Il8. Foresight, to prepare for and prevent danger 
1 ! 9* Tact, to speak and act at right time and place, 

120. Wisdom, expression of the soul with prudence 

121. Poetry, sweetness of life in nature, . 

122. Literaian, writer of originality of thought 
123- Artist, delights in, and blends colors, . 

124. Merchant, dealer in foreign merchandise 

125. "Banker, a public treasurer, .... 
120. statesman, comprehension of the people's wants, 

127. Builder, to construct an edifice, . . . 

128. Architect, to contrive design of buildings, 

129. Lawyer, expounder of equity, . . 




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DEVELOPMENTS OF THE INTELLECTUAL FACULTIES. 


Index, i 2 3 4 | 5 | 6 7 | 8 ! 9 |io 


130 

131 
132 

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134 

135 

136 
137 
138 
139 
140 
141 
142 

143 

144 

146. 

147 
148. 
149. 
150. 
151. 
152. 
153- 
154. 

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156. 

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158. 
159. 

160. 
161. 
162. 
163. 
164. 
165. 


• Ideality, love of refinement and e 

• Ideality, l° ve of science, art, cult 

• Music, ability, vocally, . . . 

• Music, ability, instrumentally, . 
Calculation, of time, business fores 

• Mathematics, science of numbers, 

• Metaphysics, science of the mind, 

• History, memory of facts and evenl 
Historian, recapitulator of events & 

• Orator, eloquent speaker and pleac 

• Sagacity, of character, of human n 
Overseer in large corporation, direc 
Mechanical, overseer, contriver, 
Inventor, originality, contrivance, 
Engineer, civil or military objects, 

• Decorator, to embellish, adorn, 
Dignity, to command, void of egot 

Physic, tne science of medicine, 
Physics, tne science of nature, . 
Physician, science of medicine & pathc 
Surgeon, knowledge of anatomy & oper 
Preacher, teacher of morals and thee 
Teacher, a trainer of youth, . . 
Lawyer, a legal adviser, . . . 
Lawyer, pleader atthe bar, of rules, of e 
Contractor, business foresight, . 
Explorer, of foreign lands, . . 
Naturalist, laws of nature, . . 
Mineralogist, skilled in minerals, 
General, sagacious commander, . 
Trader, ability as a purchaser, . 
Trader, ability as a salesman, 
Self Eespect, decorum, . . . . 

Tragedian, a personator 

Statesman, sagacity, broad views, . 
Banker, prudence, etc., . . . . 


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Mental Developments of Sympathy and Sorrow for Friends, 

Sympathy for Lost Friends to a Degree from One to Ten. 
Ten, the Strongest and Deepest, must be Restrained. 



Index, '. | i | 2| 3|4|5 | 6| 7|8|9|io 



166. Loss of friends by death, 

167. Loss of friends by travelling from home, 

168. Sorrow from disappointment in domestic relations, 
1 69^ Sorrow from disappointments from business losses, 



How to overcome these difficulties, given in written Charts. 

Temperaments. 



Index, 

1. Vital, great workers, .... 

2. Motive, confiding friends, 

3. Bilious, health fluctuating, . 

4. Sanguine, buoyant, hopes, . 

5. Nervous, clear headed, . . . 

6. Lymphatic, sluggish, indefinite, 



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ggl 3 ^ The organs from one to five must be cultivated. 

The organs from eight to ten must be restrained, as they absorb the 
excess of nutrition, which renders the weak weaker, and the person less 
practical. 

Temperaments. — These functions are of the highest importance to 
be observed in the delineation of character, as they indicate the quality of 
the brain. There are but few persons perfect specimens of the above 
types, and in proportion as they partake of one or the other, the blending 
of such characteristics will decide the character of taste, ability, disposi- 
tion, deportment and psychology; of affinity between the positive and neg- 
ative; if not, the human superiority or organization becomes a myth, past 
finding out, supernatural. 



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These organs are to the mind what the alphabet is to our language, 
and can only become practical as we are educated in their significance, the 
validity ot which is to place every person in that legitimate sphere which 
gives .success to life. 

Every person has a faculty for a distinctive position of usefulness 
which, if properly trained, could be moulded into shape and identified as 
time and culture develops and modifies every extremity. 

Civilization demands that we shall be educated equal to the highest 
aspiration-, the character of which can only be classified by science that 
produces speedy results in the equipoise worthy of emulation. 

This chart is headed with the scale of power and efficiency of develop- 
ment of the several organs as revealed by the examination from one to ten 
degrees, and marked under such heading as the best judgment of the exam- 
iner will permit, which at times is not so accurate as the nature of the 
science itself. 

We are not supernatural beings, but organized photogenics so punc- 
tilious as to require experts, educated to the dignity of the proper applica- 
tion of these exhibits, of electric forces of light to our path for the expia- 
tion of every evil tendency. 

By the selection of such calling, trade or profession, as best adapted 
to nature's mandates, of specialties, whether physician or surgeon, or in 
law as a legal adviser or pleader at the bar, preacher or teacher, statesman, 
merchant, mechanic of what branch, if inventor or composer, literary, vocal 
or instrumental music, if vender or purchaser, direct domestic affinity, and 
how to train the offspring in the way they should go. 

J-fgl^The organs from I to 5 must be cultivated; those from 8 to 10 
must be restrained, as they consume the access of nutrition which renders 
the weak weaker. The most even development constitutes the most 
practical people, every capacity is known by the classification of these 
hierographics. 

ggp^Every specific ability is marked S with the degree at the heading. 

P. S. All omissions are explained in filling out written charts of par- 
ticulars. 



II, 
PHRENOLOGICAL CHART 

of Character, of Disposition, wi> mik Kind of P Nature 

has Designed for Success in Life of 



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PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENTS OF HEALTH 

OF THE 

Motive Power in Degrees from One to Ten. Ten the most Powerful. 



Index, .... 

i. Teeth, back, front, . . 

2. Upper, 

3. Right Side, back, . . 

4. Left Side, back, . 

5. Lower, 

6. Right Side, back, . 

7. Left Side, back, . . . 

8. Front Teeth, .'.-... 

9. Toes, 

10. Right Foot, , . . 

11. Left Foot, 

12. Feet, 

13- Rig***, 

14. Left, 

15. Ankles, 

16. Right, 

17. Left, 

1 8. Legs, 

19. Right, ...... 

20. Left, 

21. Knees, 

22. Right, ...... 

23. Left, 

24. Hips, 

25. Right, 

26. Left, 

27. Spine, straight, 

28. Curved Spine, right side, 

29. Left side, 

30. Shoulders, . 

il. Right, 

32. Left, 

33. Chest, 

34. Right side, 

35. Left side, 



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Physical Developments of Disease and its Severity 

OF THE 

Motive Power in Severity to a Degree from One to Ten. 
Tex the most Severe and Incurable. 



Index, 



456789 10 



37- 
33. 

39- 
40. 
41. 
42. 

43- 
44. 

45- 

46. 

47- 

48. 

49. 
50. 
5 1 - 
5 2 - 
53- 
54- 

55- 
56. 

57- 
58. 

59- 
60. 
61. 

62. 

63. 
64. 
65. 
66. 
67. 
68. 



Teeth, of how many gone or cavitied, 

Upper, right side, back, 

Upper, left side, back, . . . . 
Lower, right side, back, .... 

Lower, left side, back, 

Front, upper, 

Front, lower, 

Toes, right foot, 

Left foot, 

Feet, 

Right, 

Left, 

Ankles, 

Right, 

Left, 

Legs, 

Right, . . 

Left, 

Knees, 

Right, 

Left, 

Hips, 

Right, 

Left, 

Spine, 

Curved, right side, 

Curved, left side, 

Shoulders, 

Right, . . . . 

Left, 

Chest, 

Right side, 

Left side, 



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PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENTS OF ACCIDENTS 

OF THE 

Motive Powers to a Degree of Severity from One to Ten Degrees, 
Ten the most Severe and Incurable. 



Index, . . -|i|2l3l4J5|6l7|8! 9 10 



69. 
70. 

7 1 - 

7 2 - 
73- 
74- 

75- 
76. 

77- 
78. 

79- 
80. 



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84. 
85. 
86. 
87. 



90. 
91. 

92. 

93- 
94. 

95- 
96. 

97- 
98. 

99- 
100, 



Teeth, how many gone and cavitied, 
Upper, right side, back, .... 
Upper, left side, back, . . . . . 
Lower, right side, back, .... 
Lower, left side, back, .... 

Front, upper, 

Front, lower, 

Toes, 

Right foot, 

Left foot, 

Feet, 

Right, 

Left, 

Ankles, * . . . . 

Right, . . 

Left, 

Knees, . . . . 

Right, 

Left, 

Spine, 

Curved, right side, 

Left side, 

Strained from over work, .... 

Shoulders, 

Right, 

Left, 

Shoulder Blades, 

Right, 

Left, 

Chest, 

Right side, 

Left side, ......... 



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PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENTS OF HEALTH 

OF THE 

Motive Power in Degrees from One to Ten. Ten the most Powerful. 


Index, i i i 2 3 . 4 ; 5 ! 61 7 | 8 9 10 








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106. Left 


107. Hands 


108. Right 


109 Left ........ 


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in. Right hand, 

112. Left hand, . 


113. Muscular power, 

114. Right side, 

11^. Left side, 


116. Back, 


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PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENTS OF HEALTH 

OF THE 

Immotive Power in Degrees from One to Ten. Ten the most Powerful. 


Index, Ji|2|3l4'^l6l7l8 9 10 


117. Susceptibilities, 

118. Premonitories, 

119. Organs of generation, 

120. Skin disease, 

121. Salt rheum, 




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123. Paralysis, 


124. Nerves, power, 

125. Sensational power, 

126. Sensitiveness, 

127. Sensibility to pain, 

128. Powers of enjoyment, 



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Physical Developments of Disease and its Severity 

OF THE 

Motive Powee\ in Degrees from 1 to 10. Ten the most Severe and Incurable, 



Index, . . i 2 3 I 4 5 6 7 i 8 9 10 



129. 



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136. 
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138. 
139- 
140. 
141. 
142. 

143- 

144. 



Arms, 

Right, 

Left, 

Wrists, . . 

Right, 

Left, 

Hands, . . . . 
Right, .... 

Left, 

Fingers, ... 
Right hand, . . 
Left hand, . . . 
Muscular disease, 
Right, .... 
Left, .... 
Back, .... 



Physical Developments of Disease and its Severity 

OF THE 

Immotive Power in Degrees from 1 to 10. Ten the most Severe and Incurable. 



Index, 



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145. Strains from over work, 

146. Rheumatism, chronic, 

147. Inflammatory rheumatism, .... 

148. Susceptibilities to disease, and what kind, 

149. Premonitories, 

150. Organs of generation and power, . . 

151. Gout, 

152. Skin disease, 

153. Salt rheum, 

154. Hay fever, 

155. Paralysis, 

156. Muscular power, 

157. Blood power of activity, 

158. Nervous debility, 

159. Sensational debility, 

















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PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENTS OF ACCIDENTS 

OF THE 

Motive Powers to a Degree of Severity from One to Ten Degrees. 
Ten the most Severe and Incurable. 


Index, 


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160. Arms, 

161. Right, 

162. Left 




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164. Right, 

165. Left 


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166. Hands, 


167. Right, 

168. Left, 


169. Fingers 


170. Right hand, 

171. Left hand, 

172. Muscular disease, 

173. Right side, 

174. Left side, 


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176. Strains from overwork, 


PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENTS OF ACCIDENTS 

Immotive Powers to a Degree of Severity from one to Ten Degrees. 

Ten the most Severe and Incurable. 


Index, 1 2 3 | 4 J 5 6 7 | 8 | 9 |io 


177. Rheumatism, chronic, . . . 

178. Rheumatism, inflammatory, .... 

1 79. Susceptibilities to disease, and what kind, 

180. Premonitories, 

181. Organs of generation and power, 

182. Gout, 


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184. Hav fever, I 


185. Paralysis, j 

186. Muscular power, 

187. Blood power of activity, 

188. Nervous debility, 

189. Sensational power of debility, . . . j 

190. Sensibility to external influences, . . j 





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PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENTS OF HEALTH 

OF THE 

Immotive Power in Degrees from One to Ten. Ten the most Powerful. 



Index, . | I | 2 j 3 ! 4 j 5 | 6 j 7 ! 8 ! 9 1 10 



191. 

192. 

193- 
194. 
195. 

196. 
197. 
198. 
199. 
200. 
201. 
202. 
203. 
204. 
205. 
206. 
207. 

2C8. 

209. 
210. 

211. 
212. 
213. 

214. 

215- 
216. 
217. 

2l8. 
219. 
220. 
221. 
222. 
223. 
224. 



Conditions of the health in youth, 
Condition of the blood, 
Biliousness, 



Indigestion, 

Constipation, 

Relaxation, 

Fevers, . 

Piles, 

Gravel, 

Activity of blood, . . . 
Activity of the nerves, . 
Inflammation, . . . 
Susceptibilities, . 
Premonitories, . 

Paralysis, 

Deliriums, 

Insanity, 

Longevity, 

Female complaints, . 

Hysteria, 

Cancer, 

Tumors, 

Loss of power of progeny, . 
Right pulmonary artery, 
Left pulmonary artery, . 
Consumption, . 
Dropsy, . . - . . . . 

Salt rheum, 

Scrofula, 

Neuralgia, 

Epilepsy, 

Complicated disease, 

Gout, 

Nervous debility, . 



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Physical Developments of Disease and its Severity 

OF THE 

Immotive Powee^ in Degrees from 1 to 10. Ten the most Severe & Incurable. 



Index, 



I 2 314:5 6 7 I 8 I 9 ; 10 



225. Condition of health in youth, 

226. Disease inherited, . 

227. General debility, .... 

228. Condition of the blood, 

229. Activity of the blood, 

230. Biliousness, 

231. Indigestion, 

232. Constipation, 

233. Relaxation, 

234. Colds, 

235. Fevers, 

236. Piles, 

237. Gravel, 

23S. Activity of the Nerves, . 

239. Inflammation, .... 

240. Paralysis, 

241. Deliriums, 

242. Insanity, 

243. Longevity, 

244. Female complaints, . . 

245. Hysteria, 

246. Cancers, 

247. Tumors, 

248. Loss of powers of progeny, 

249. Right pulmonary artery, . . 

250. Left pulmonary artery, . 

251. Neuralgia, 

252. Rheumatism, 

253. Consumption, 

254. Dropsy, 

255. Salt rheum, 

256. Scrofula, 

257. Epilepsy, 

258. Complicated disease, 

259. Gout, 

260. Nervous debility, . 






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PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENTS OF ACCIDENTS 


OF THE 


Immotiye Power to a Degree of Severity from O^e to Ten. 


Tex the most severe and Incurable. 


Index, 


ii!2J3l4l5' 6 >7l8|9!io 




261. Condition of health in youth, . . 












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262. Disease inherited, 
















1 




263. General debility, 




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264. Condition of blood, 










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265. Biliousness, 




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266. Indigestion, 
















1 




267. Constipation, 






















268. Relaxation, 










































270. Fevers, 




















271. Piles, 




















272. Gravel, 




















273. Activity of the blood, 










~~ 










274. Activity of the nerves, 




















275. Inflammation, 




















276. Susceptibilities, 




















277. Premonitories, 




















278. Paralysis, 




















279. Insanity, 




















280. Longevity, 














1 




281. Hysteria, 


















282. Female complaints, 


I 










i 




283. Cancers, 


1 










i 




284. Tumors, 
















285. Loss of power of progeny, 


1 
















286. Right pulmonary artery, 




















287. Left pulmonary artery, 




















288. Neuralgia, ! 
















289. Rheumatism, 














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290. Consumption, 
















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291. Complicated disease, 




















292. Nervous debility, 




















293. Gout, 




















294. Dropsy, 


















295. Scrofula, 














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PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENTS OF HEALTH 

OF THE 

Immotiye Power in Degrees from One to Ten. Ten the most Powerful, 



Index, . -|ij2|3|4|5|6l7|8J9|io 



296. Throat, 

297. Right side, 

298. Left side, 

299. Lungs, 

300. Right — 1 — 2 — 3 lobe, .... 

301. Left— 1 — 2 lobe, 

302. Heart, 

303. Diaphram, ■ 

304. Right side, 

305. Left side, 

306. Spleen, proper size to be healthy, 

307. Liver, 

308. Gall bladder, 

309. Stomach, 

310. Colons, 

311. Ascendant, 

312. Descendant, . 

313. Bowels, 

314. Right side, .• . 

315. Left side, 

316. Centre, . 

317. Iliac, 

318. Right side, ....... 

319. Left side, 

320. Ruptures, 

321. Right side, 

322. Left side, 

323. Kidneys, 

324. Right, 

325. Left, 

326. Blood vessels, 

327. Sciatic nerves, 

328. Right side, 

329. Left side, 



Physical Developments of Disease and its Severity 

OF TIIK 

Immotiye Powe^ in Degrees from 1 to 10. Ten the most Seyere & Incurable 

Inde^ I i i 2J3U! 5 [6| 7 | 8|9|i 



330. 
33i- 
332. 
333- 
334- 
335* 
336. 
337- 
33$. 
339- 
340. 
34i- 
342- 
343- 
344- 
345- 
346. 
347- 
348. 
349- 
35°- 
35 1 - 
352. 
353- 
354- 
355- 
356. 
357- 
358. 
359- 
360. 

361. 
362. 

363- 
^64. 



Throat, .... 
Lungs, .... 
Right — 1 — 2 — 3 lobe, 
Left — 1 — 2 lobe, . . 

Heart, 

Diaphragm, . . . 
Right side, 
Left side, .... 
Spleen, .... 

Liver, 

Gall Bladder, . . 
Stomach, .... 
Colons, .... 
Ascendant, 
Descendant, . 
Bowels, .... 
Right side, 
Left side, .... 

Iliac, 

Right side, . . . 



Left side, 

Ruptures, .... 
Right side, .... 

Left side, 

Kidneys, 

Right, 

Left, 

Broken blood vessels, 
Right side, .... 

Left side, 

Sciatic nerves, . . . 
Right side, .... 

Left side, 

Nerves, 

Muscles 



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PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENTS OF ACCIDENTS 

OF THE 

Immotive Power to a Degree of Severity from O^e to Ten. 

Ten the most severe and Incurable. 



Index, 



I j 2 



3 14 15 16; 7|8| 9|io 



365. 
366. 

367- 
368. 

369- 
37°- 
37*- 

372- 
373- 

374- 
375- 
376. 
377- 
37*- 
379- 
380. 

381. 
382. 

383- 
384- 
385. 
386. 

3$7- 
388. 

389. 
390- 
39i- 
392. 
393- 
394- 
395- 
396. 
397- 
398. 
399- 



Throat, . 
Right side, 
Left side, . 
Lungs, 



lobe, 



lobe. 



Right— 1- 

Left— 1 — 

Heart, ...... 

Diaphragm, .... 

Right side, .... 

Left side, 

Spleen, 

Liver, 

Gall bladder, . . . 

Stomach, 

Colons, 

Ascendant, .... 
Descendant, .... 

Bowels, 

Right side, .... 

Left side, 

Centre, 

Iliac, 

Right side, .... 

Left side 

Kidneys, 

Right, 

Left, 

Broken blood vessels, 
Right side, .... 

Left side, 

Sciatic nerves, . . . 
Right side, .... 

Left side, 

Nerves 

Muscles, 






35 

ANATOMICAL AND PATHOLOGICAL CHART, 

Showing the Conditions of Health, and Instructions to Pre- 
serve THE SAME — FOR THE INTEREST OF THE PATIEN1 

Mr. 



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By Dr. W. WILSON. 

Date, • 



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Dr. W. has lectured extensively upon these discoveries to men of the 
highest intellectual ability with flattering success, and is now making en- 
gagements to lecture in many institutions of learning, and those interested 
in scientific discovery will take great interest in his book, as it illustrates 
upwards of three hundred different diseases in their respective degrees of 
severity; also the accidents, and how they took place; and the condition 
of the brain under such influences of registered reflex from one centre to 
the other as a constitutional constituent depending upon these develop- 
ments for support, thus, by the brain; you diagnose the one condition of 
the body by the condition of the other ; and it is believed to be the first 
and only book of the kind ever written. It gives a full account of every 
case, and shows the close resemblance of the extremities, " a priori" from 
the cause to the effect ; the initials of the patients and places of residence 
are given ; and is written with such care as to correct many errors of anat- 
omy and phrenology by the embellishment of such requisite qualifications 
as to be read by pupil and student with equal interest, as it elucidates 
those intricate, sympathetic relations so mysterious to the primeval and 
medieval ages, and to assist the student, the self teacher of phrenology is a 
part of this work, with upwards of two hundred illustrations which will be 
found very instructive as a preliminary, thus making a complete scientific 
work of more than five hundred illustrations. 

Jgg^The writer is preparing new Busts up to this standard of dis- 
covery, and his next work will be a treatise on the effect of the different 
organs upon each other and their similarity of symptoms, and the perils 
of depending upon such signs that renders success in the practice of med- 
icine an impossibility — for reasons herein presented. 

The human being becomes a power over himself when he can measure 
his proclivities and abilities to a degree. 

Jl^gp^ Every examination is illustrated with Busts and Anatomical Dia- 
grams. 

All conditions explained and questions answered, but none asked 
under any pretext. 

DR. W. WILSON'S DISPENSARY, 

237 Longwood Ave., Boston, Mass. 



Office hours from 9 to 12 A. M., and 2 to 5 P. M. Persons can be 
examined at their residence, prices according to distance, notice of name 
and address being left at the office. 



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These discoveries are highly appreciated by all that comes within their 
reach, and not a few are recipients of the practicability and efficacy of diag- 
nosis, and speedily assuaging every difficulty that afflicts the human family. 
It accomplishes more in five minutes than the most skillful physician in so 
many months in blind fantasia, experiment, and so acknowledged by many 
who fill the highest positions in public institutions of learning, others in 
the medical faculty, as head physicians, more than thirty years. 

Some pronounce them the missing links, others the "desideratum," " a 
thing desired," and "ad rem" "to the point ;" " in-rerum natura" "in the 
nature of things;" "jure divino" "by divine law;" " ecce homo" "be- 
hold the man;" and "ecce signum" "behold the sign." Before using 
"materia medica" "substances of the healing art," and "in hoc signo vin- 
ces" "in this sign thou shalt conquer;" "finis coronat opus" "the end 
crowns the work." 

In the absence of these rules all nature weeps, and the medical litera- 
ture is draped in mourning and lamentation over the failure of medicine as 
now practised, void of a standard rule of diagnosis for which there is no 
excuse but that of ostracism, which- reduces the faculty to the humility of 
interrogating the suppliant who knows less than the supplier, whose duty 
it is to explain promptly and intelligently the nature of every condition of 
the case presented to the pretentious incumbent, as " dirigo" "direct 
guide;" professionally, "fronti nulla fides " "there is no trusting to ap- 
pearances;" or in phonology, the science of sounds; "in dubiis" "in 
matters of doubt," but manipulate the insignia as presented here that we 
may be " premonitus, premunitus" " forewarned and forearmed; " " nemo 
me impune lacessit" " that no one injures me with impunity." Let us be 
wise to protect and preserve the noblest work of God, for which the above 
rules are designed. "A priori" "from the cause to the effect;" and 
"a posteriori" "from the effect to the cause;" "ad vitafn, ant culpa??i" 
"for life or for fault." "Omnia vincit labor" "labor overcomes all 
things." 



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BOTANIC MEDICAL PRESCRIPTIONS. 

i. Colds and Aches, rosemary, rue, chamomile. 

2. Aches, from Heat, balm, St. John's wort. 

3. Agues, wormwood, vervain, featherfew. 

4. Appetite, sorrel, gentian, wormwood. 

5. Apoplexy, mistletoe, lavender, wall-gilly flowers. 

6. Apostiveness, adder's tongue, onions, rye. 

7. Belching, Sour; aniseseed, chamomile. 

8. Back, to Strengthen ; St. John's wort, rosemary. 

9. Bleeding, to Stop ; comfrey, tormentil. 

10. Blood, to Cleanse ; bloodroot, rue, sage. 

11. Breath, Stinking; rosemary, cowslip, rue. 

12. Broken Bones, bugle, holly, Solomon's seal. 

13. Burns, in Scalding; adder's tongue, cattail. 

14. Carbuncles; tobacco, walnut, fennel. 

15. Rheums, saffron, angelica, lavender. 

16. Cholic and Phlegm, black alder, hyssop. 

17. Cholic or Wind, agramony, aniseseed, angelica. 

18. Consumption, balsam, aniseseed, dandelion. 

19. Choler, hyssop, tormentil, black alder. 

20. Coughs and Hoarseness, horehound, juniper. 

21. Convulsions, mistletoe, balm, cowslip. 

22. Cramps, wild carrot, pennyroyal, turpentine. 

23. Digestion, angelica, wormwood, balm. 

24. Dropsy, celendine, vervain, aniseseed. 

25. Dog's Mad, Bite ; hound's tongue, flesh of the same dog, 

26. Deafness, angelica, balm, lavender, henbane. 

27. Ears, Deafness and Noise ; Jew's ear, coriander, pillitory. 

28. Eyesight, eyesbright, celendine, valerian. 

29. Eyes, Bloodshot; blue-bottle, houseleek, ivy. 

30. Fevers, marigolds, adder's tongue, cowslips. 

31. Fevers and Burning, crowsfoot, daisies. 

32. Gall, to Open ; calamint, celedine, century. 

33. Headache, butcher's broom, cudweed, mint. 

34. Head, Giddiness ; aniseseed, catmint, featherfew. 

35. Heart, to Strengthen ; angelica, saffron, rosemary. 

36. Heart, Palpitation; angelica, balm, clover. 

37. Hoarseness, Lost Yoice, burdock, cincfoil. 



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38. Jaundice, agramony, tormentil, horehound. 

39. Kernals and Knots in the Flesh, archangel, cincfoil. 

40. Kidneys, kidneywort, tansy, parsley, hops. 

41. King's Evil, angelica, pilewort, throatwort. 

42. Liver Obstruction, liverwort, dandelions. 

43. Numbness, hyssop, opening plant, angelica. 

44. Palsy, balm, rosemary, sage. 

45. Paralysis, angelica, chamomiles, sage. 

46. Pleurisy, marsh-mallows, sage, clay nettles. 

47. Reins, to Cleanse ; sea-holly, featherfew. 

48. Ringworm, barberries, celendine, hops. 

49. Ruptures, rupturewort, comfrey, sanicle. 

50. Scald Heads, ash tree, burned to ashes. 

51. Scabs and Scurfs, alehoof, ground ivy, hops. 

52. Sciatica, ground ivy, burdock, fumitory. 

53. Stomach, Bad ; balm, angelica, agramony. 

54. Gravel, apples, apricots, parsley, vervain. 

55. Stranguary, agramony, dandelions, tormentil. 

56. Freckles on the Face; basil, daffodil, savin. 

57. Sore Throat; ground ivy, pellitory, barley. 

58. Toothache, arsmart root, crowfoot, nettles. 

59. Ulcers and Sores, comfrey, cockle, barley, angelica. 

60. Urine, to provoke ; juniper, carraway, aniseseed. 

61. Vomiting, fennel, spearmint, cinnamon. 

62. Wind, to expel ; carraway, aniseseed, ginger, cloves. 

63. Worms, male fern, featherfew, calamint. 

64. Wounds, balm, arsmart, madder, cranesbill. 



Mix one ounce of any one of these herbs with a pint of water ; sim- 
mer twenty minutes ; strain them. Dose from § i. to § ii, 3 times a day, 
before eating, as a Tonic. 

To make a decoction, add sugar or syrup ; boil it down to the con- 
sistency of molasses. It can be used internally and externally upon the 
afflicted parts. 



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PRESCRIPTIONS. 

R No. 1. Tinct.Musk, .■ gi. 

Tinct. Hops, 5iu. 

Liq. Potassa, 3h- 

Infus. Buchu, § vi. 

Mix. Take 3 tablespoonfuls after meals for indigestion, nervous- 
ness and flatulence. 

R No. 2. Gum Arabic, § i. 

Water Oiss, § i. 

Simple Syrup, § ii. 

Mix. Take a wineglass every 2 or 3 hours, for stranguary and 
irritant poisoning. 

ft Xo. 3. Distilled Vinegar, 5ii. 

Syrup, § iss. 

Water, § ii. 

Mix. Take a fourth part every 3 hours, for scarlatina, for chil- 
dren 3 years old. 

R NO. 4. Vinegar, 3ii. 

Ammonia, Muriate, . . . . . . Si- 
Honey, § iss. 

Water, § xii. 

Mix. Gargle 3 or 4 times a day, for sore throat. 

R No. 5. Essence of Checkerberry, . . . . § i. 

Water, § ii. 

Glycerine, 3i- 

Mix. Take teaspoonful or two every 3 or 4 hours; a new remedy 
for chronic rheumatism. 

R No. 6. Recent Lemon Juice, § i. 

Oil of Sweet Almonds, § iss. 

Syrup Marshmallows, § ii. 

Mix. Take a teaspoonful every 3 hours, for obstinate diarrhoea. 



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ft No. 7. Infusion of Buchu, § vii. 

Tinct. of Buchu, § vii 

Tinct. of Cubebs, a. a., 3i v - 

Mix. Take a tablespoonful 3 times a day, for kidney disease. 

ft No. 8. Bromide of Potassa, § i. 

Cinnamon Water, § iv. 

Mix. Take a teaspoonful as occasion may require, for headache 
or to produce sleep. 

ft No, 9. Fresh Milk, § ii. 

Lime Water, § ii. 

Mix. Take a tablespoonful 3 or 4 times a day, for sour stomach. 

ft NO. 10. Ungt. Belladonna, § i. 

Powdered Camphor, Si- 
Mix. For external use for painful chords or piles. 

ft No. 11. Extract Henbane, § iss. 

Valerianate Ferri, § i. 

Mix. Divide into 30 pills. Take one after eating. Excellent 
for neuralgia. 

ft No. 12. Tinct. Spanish Flies, 11 drops. 

Tinct. Henbane, Ill v. 

Water, § x. 

Mix. Take a tablespoonful every 2 hours, for paralysis of the 
bladder and inability to hold urine. 

ft No. 13. Pulverized Peruvian Bark, .... § i. 

Pulverized Rhubarb, Turkish, . . . § i. 

Carbonate Magnesia, B i. 

Confect. Aromat.,' 9 ss. 

Cinnamon Water, § iss. 

Mix. Take from 1 to 2 § 2 or 3 tim^s a da;. An excellent 
cathartic. 



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ft Xo. 14. Sulphate Magnesia, 3ii- 

Fluid Extract Senna, 3 v ii- 

Simple Syrup, § ii. 

Mix. Take two draughts. An excellent physic. 

ft Xo. 15. Balsam Copaiba, 3iii- 

Liquid Potassa, a.a.iii. 

Mucil. Gum Arabic, § i. 

Peppermint Water, § vi. 

Mix. Take a tablespoon ful before meals. Excellent in first 
stages of gonorrhoea. 

ft XOi 16. Ammoniated Tartrate of Iron. . . . Si- 
Simple Syrup, § ss. 

Water, § ss. 

Mix. Take tablespoonful 3 times a day. Excellent for Bright's 
disease. 

ft Xo. 17. Aclt. Spanish Flies, | ss. 

Aqua Cologne, § i. 

Aqua Rosse, § i. 

Mix. Wash the head to restore the hair, and prevent it falling off. 

ft Xo. 18. Bromide Ferri, § i. 

Syrup of Orange, § ss. 

Orange Water, §iss. 

Mix. Take a teasponful every 5 hours. Excellent for secondary 

Syphilis. 

ft Xo. 19. Sulph. Ferri, Si. 

Distilled Water, § xvi. 

Mix. Make a wash. Apply on linen every 2 or 3 hours. Ex- 
cellent for erysipelas. 

ft Xo. 20. Extract Henbane, § Hi. 

Camphor, § Hi. 

Extract Hops, § Hi. 

Mix. Make pills, and take 2 at bedtime, for simple wakefulness. 



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ft No. 21. Tincture Iodine Compound, ... § i. 

Make external use. Apply with a brush 3 times a day. Excellent 
for swollen joints. 

ft No. 22. Pulverized Peruvian Bark, red, . . § i. 
Lard, § ii. 

Mix. Make an ointment. Use 3 times a day on linen. The 
best salve for sores and ulcers. 

ft No. 23. Ground Flaxseed, g iv. 

Ground Poppy Flowers, .... § i. 
Mix. Make 8 poultices. Use morning and evening. Excellent 
for felons. 

ft No. 24. Glycerine, § ii. 

Rotten Stone, § ii. 

Powdered Borax, § ii. 

Mix. For chapped hands, chilblains and sore nipples. Use4 
night and morning. 

ft No. 25. Dover's Powder. 

Hyd. Amm. Creta, a.a.grs.i. 

Mix. Take at bedtime. Excellent for diarrhoea and teething 
of infants. 

ft No. 26. Citrate Iron et Quinine, § iii. 

Sherry Wine, § vii. 

Mix. Take a teaspoonful before meals. An excellent tonic. 

ft No. 27. Tincture of Lobelia, § ss. 

Orange Water, § ii 

Distilled Water, § iv. 

Mix. Take a tablespoonful 3 times a day. Excellent for asthma. 



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R ]S r O. 28. Cod Liver Oil. | iv. 

Emulsion Almonds, § i. 

Whiskey, § ii. 

Mix. Take a tablespoonful after meals. Excellent for con- 
sumption. 



R Xo. 29. Tincture Peruvian Bark, 

Tincture Gentian, § i 

Tincture Cardamon, § i 

Essence of Checkerberry, .... gtts.xxx. 

Mix. Take teaspoon ful before meals. Excellent for a capricious 
appetite. 



R No, 30. Sweet Oil, 1. . . . gviii. 

Arom. Spirits Ammonia, . . . . % ii. 

Mix. Take 3 teaspoonfuls night and morning. Excellent to 
expel and destroy worms. 

R Xo. 31. Bicarbonate of Potash, § i. 

Wine of Calchicum Root, .... § iss. 

Water, 1 pint. 

Take a tablespoonful 2 or 3 times a day and drink water freely 
during the day. Fxcellent for gravel. 



The above prescriptions are of the latest discoveries 



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TESTIMONIALS. 



The following testimonials speak for the practical results of every day's experi- 
ence of the discoverer and author of this science: — 

From the New York Sciejitijic Times , Saturday, July 22, 1SS2. 

A Revolution in Medical Science — The Key-note 
Discovered. 



The Wonderful System of Dr. Wilson. 



From our Special Portland Correspondent. 

Gall, Spurzheim and George Combe, the originators of phrenological science, 
arrived at tneir conclusions after deep research and painstaking, methodical study. 
Under their auspices phrenology took a grand leap as a pronounced science, and 
was thought worthy of the attention of eminent scientists of all classes. That this 
great science should have fallen into disrepute was because the originators had no 
worthy successors. Mountebanks took it up merely to make a living, and when we 
say this we do not exclude even the great New York expounders. These exponents 
merely skimmed the surface, committed to memory the nomenclature, and were sim- 
ply parrots repeating what they had learned, though bringing to their aid some nat- 
ural ability and shrewdness. 

The fact is that phrenology has a deeper meaning than even Gall and Spurzheim 
suspected. With, all their ability they stood only at the portals, never divining how 
full of significance were their important discoveries. What are the secrets which 
phrenology is the key to? We answer, to a thorough knowledge, and correct as it 
is thorough, of the whole physical as well as mental system. The whole life, its 
former as well as present state in health and disease, is written as plainly as the sun 
in daylight to him who has made it a study, and had the professors of the last gene- 
ration followed up the path, only dimly seen by the first discoverers, we should have 
had to-day a medical science worthy of the name instead of the empiricism which the 
most advanced schools can only teach. Accurate knowledge would have been sub- 
stituted for guess work, and the doctor, instead of groping in the dark, covering 
his ignorance with technical terms, and being obliged to experiment before he could 
attempt a care, would start at once with a perfect diagnosis ; his course would be in- 
dicated as plainly as the compass directs the mariner, and the race would have been 
advanced a century in its progress. These are strong words, but are justified by re- 
cent developments. The occasion of them is the result of a conversation with Dr. 
W. Wilson, now at the United States Hotel in Portland, a lifelong student of phre- 
nological science and a gentleman of marked medical ability. He has lectured 
before crowded houses in our principal cities, and he is never more pleased than to 
have physicians, especially experienced ones, interrogate him. His starting point is 
the formula, "the brain is the light by which alf things and conditions become 
known." Nature is never false — it is our misconception of her answers that mis- 
leads. But what starting has the ordinary physician? Absolutely none. He pro- 
ceeds, blindlv, more of less, and depends more upon the recuperative powers of 
nature than upon his own drugs to bring a patient through. How different with the 
simple yet accurate system of Dr. Wilson. He interrogates nature at her fountain 
head. No doubt agitates him as to the answer. He knows that he will obtain a 
correct and certain reply. Not only the present state of the system is laid open to 
him, but the past. The*re is no complication that is not unravelled to his vision. He 
never asks the patient a question. He knows better than the patient himself, and of 
course the remedy to be pin-sued is indicated with the same certainty. Dk. Wilson 
ha-; now in press a work which embodies the truths briefly indicated ab">ve. In the 
meantime he is practising his profession with complete success. For the past two 



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years he has devoted himself to the preparation of Ids work, and when it appears we 
venture the assertion that it wdl work a revolution in the prevailing medical trach- 
ing and practice, and prove the greatest blessing of the century to humanity. Our 
Eastern readers who are afflicted with disease in any shape an: invited to call upon 
him at the hotel above mentioned. It' lie does not state their illness with certaintv, 
and without asking a single question, and if he does not radically cure every case he 
takes, then no pay will be received and no confidence asked. One thing is certain, 
the world is bound to hear from him and award him the credit due to Ins brilliant 
and most important discoveries. 



From the Portland Evening Express. 
To the People of Portland and Vicinity : 

As I am obliged to leave for Lewiston on Friday, June 9th, I am happy to inform 
my many patrons who were unable to see me during my limited stay in your city, 
that Dr.* W. Wilson, the celebrated lecturer on physiology and the laws of health, 
will occupy the same rooms, at the United States Hotel, and treat all patients who 
may favor him with a call. I have been acquainted with Dr. Wilson for a number 
of years, and I take pleasure in certifying that he is a thoroughly educated physician 
and surgeon. I can assure all who may need his services that they will find in him 
no charlatan, but a gentleman educated for his profession, in the best colleges which 
this country and England can afford. People have great confidence in him, as he 
tells you of every ache and pain without asking a question, the same as I have prac- 
tised during my stay here. 

Yours truly, 
June 7, 1SS2. JOHN H. WILBUR, M. D., Portland, Maine. 



Pittsburgh, Pa., March 19, 1S7S. 
This certifies that I have attended some of Dr. Wilson's lectures and consider 
him far in advance of any man I have seen in my fifty years of professional practice. 
He has a remarkable faculty of diagnosis which is destined to do a great amount 
of good to the human race. 

Respectfully, A. L. TITUS, M. D. 



Pittsburgh Female College, June 15th, 1878. 
I regard Dr. W. Wilson as the most wonderful man I have ever met. I have 
been present at his lectures, and have undergone examination by him, and I am 
thoroughly convinced that he has science for his basis, and is therefore entitled to 
the earnest consideration of every one who is in the least interested in scientific in- 
vestigation and discovery. He never fails to interest and instruct his audience. He 
is thorough master of his subject, having spent nearly a lifetime in patient, laborious 
study, and comes to us recommended by the highest authority in Europe and Amer- 
ica. Our advice is, hear him by all means. 

HIBBARD PHILLIPS, Prof, of Languages. 



To Whom it may Concern : 

Dr. W. Wilson, a lecturer of great merit, has been in this city for some time 
past, and wdierever he has lectured has astonished the people by his wonderful abil- 
ity to tell of mental and physical disabilities peculiar to the human family. 

He caused considerable astonishment among our medical practitioners by being 
able — demonstrating to the entire satisfaction of all who hear him — to tell of the 
location of diseases and how to prevent them. 

Respectfully and truly, THOMAS A. ARMSTRONG, 

Pittsburgh, Pa., June iS, 1S7S. Editor and Proprietor of the Tribune. 



From the Cape Elizabeth Sentinel. 
The Greatest Medical Achievement of the Age. — This is to certify 
that Dr. Wilson abstracted a reptile from me, of the dimensions of one inch diam- 
eter and eight in length. It had caused me untold suffering for years. No other 
doctor could understand the cause of my affliction. I now enjoy the best of health; 
many thanks to your skill. 

April 17, 1SS3. Mrs. W. T. ROLFE, Cape Elizabeth, Maine. 



Brownsville, Pa., May 31, 1S7S. 
This certifies that Dr. W. Wilson, the bearer, is a wonderful man in his profes- 
sion. In his lectures in our church he demonstrated what was to me a new thought, 
namely, that the brain is the index of the entire man. 

To my profound astonishment he diagnosed by the condition of the head, and 
was able'to detect the absence of a tooth, finger or toe, disease of the lungs, or 
stomach, or bowels, or liver, or anything pertaining to our organization. 

While thoroughly posted in phrenology, he excels all others I have ever heard 
or read of in being able to detect disease and prescribe a fitting remedy. I am con- 
vinced that this is not guess work, but science, and will soon be recognized as such. 
Facts are stubborn things and cannot be successfully denied. I commend him to 
the confidence of the public, and view him in the light of a benefactor. 
R. B. MANSELI., A. M., 

Pastor of the Brownsville M. E. Church. 

Headquarters Sheridan Post 8S, Department of Pennsylvania, 
Grand Army of the Republic. 

This is to certify that Dr. Wm. Wilson lectured before the members of the 
above-named Post on the night of January 14th, 1S78, on the subject of Anatomy 
and Phrenology, and that at a regular meeting of said Post, held on Monday night, 
Jan. 21, 1878, the following resolution was unanimously passed, viz. : — 

" That a vote of thanks by this Post be tendered to Dr. Wilson for his very en- 
tertaining lecture on the night of Jan. 14th, inst., and that he be presented with a "copy 
of this resolution." 

Certified from the minutes of the above-named Post. 
Alleghany, Penn., Feb. 26, 1S7S. J. W. McLAUGHLIN, Adjutant. 

From the Eastern Argus, Saturday, Jan. 20, 1SS3. 

ANOTHER MEDICAL MIRACLE. 

Dr. Wilson, Portland ^ Me. : 

Dear Sir: — Your wonderful skill has made me a new man. Before seeing 
you I was for years a great sufferer from an affliction that no physician understood 
or gave me the least in formation or help. My head at times drove me to distraction, 
and the stomach so weak that I suffered everything from indigestion and pain; the 
kidneys just as weak; my back was so weak that I could not lift or stoop without 
considerable pain, and my nerves so run down that I was sinking every day. I 
could not sleep, eat, walk, or get up and down stairs without the greatest difficulty, 
when some of your patients came in to see me, and told of what wonderful 
cures you had made upon them, and advised me to consult you. 

I shall never forget the impression made upon me — to think of the clear and ac- 
curate knowledge you displayed in telling of every feeling of suffering that I en- 
dured from such a complication of diseases that no one but you could give me the 
least satisfaction or help. You told me everything better than I could explain to 
you myself — without asking me a word, and that gave me confidence in you, and, 
thank God! my health is all that I could wish. All the pains are gone, and I have 
gained 15 pounds in weight within a few weeks. I can run up and down stairs, two 
or three steps at a time, and attend to my business with a pleasure, and everybody 
is wondering to see such a change for the better. 

Thanking you for your attention and skill, hoping all your patients will meet 
with the same success, I remain, Your truly, 

Jan. iS, 1883. JOSEPH BERRY, 50 Cumberland St. 

Dr. W. Wilson : 

Dear Sir : — It is of the utmost gratification to me to find myself so restored to 
my former self in health and strength, as a result of your remarkable skill, after suf- 
fering so many years of untold and inexpressible pains from a complicated debility 
that no other doctor could understand. I had consulted the best medical skill in Bos- 
ton and Portland, after our local physicians had been treating me for years at a great 
expense without helping me a cent's worth. At length I was advised to consult you, 
and you have done me all the good in the world, and my friends and neighbors are 
astonished, and as much delighted as I am. I hope that you will be as successful in 
the restoration to health of all your patients as you have been in my case. I shall 
ever remember you, and feel grateful for your kind attention and skill. 

Yours ever truly, GEO. W. STEVENS, 

May 23d, 18S5. Cabot, Vermont. 



Boston, August ioth, 1S79. 
Dr. W.Wilson: 

Dear Sir : — I have so improved under your treatment that I am able to attend 
to my duties every day. You have astonished all my friends with your wonderful 
ability to tell of every peculiarity of my complicated condition, that so baffled the 

physicians at the hospital where I had been attending for months, to tell or to locate 
my disease or help me in the least. Under your wonderful skill I am well. With 
thanks, Yours truly, 

LIZZIE M. JACKSON, 410 Washington St., Boston, Mass. 



Dr. W. Wilson : 

Dear Sir : — I am happy to say that I am as well as I ever was in my life, as a 
result of your skilful treatment, as a result of your novel way of diagnosing dis- 
ease from the brain, that has done me so much good. Thanking you for your skill, 
I remain vours truly, 
Nov. 37, 1SS1. ' A. C. CLAPP, Readville, Mass. 

Dr. W. Wilson : 

Dear Sir : — It is with great pleasure that I am able to say that I now enjoy the 
best of health, from your skilful treatment and knowledge of my affliction, under- 
stood by such a novel way of diagnosis by examining the head, the residt of which 
is truly wonderful. No one will believe it but those who enjoy its benefits. Thank- 
ing you a thousand times for what you have done for me, 

Yours truly, JAMES McCONOLOGUE, 

July 30, 1S79. 6 Hamilton Place, Boston, Mass. 



Dr. W. Wilson : 

Dear Sir: — For some weeks I have been trying to frame some words that 
would express the gratitude that fills my heart when I realize the wonderful skill 
that you have bestowed upon me, in the restoration of my health, after being given 
up to die by four other physicians before I saw you, who said that I was beyond 
cure, being in the last stage of consumption. But hearing of so many wonderful 
cures that you had made, as a last resort I was advised to send for you, and I shall 
ever bless that day when my husband ushered vou into my room. When you exam- 
ined me and told of every ache and pain that afflicted me, without asking me a word, 
you promised to cure me, and you have been as good as your word. Wishing that 
every sick person could reach you, and receive your skill, I shall ever remain your 
Grateful Friend, 
April 1S, 1SS5. Mrs. F. W. ROLFE, 13 Kennebec St., Portland, Me. 



From Portland Morning Argus. 
Dr. W. Wilson : 

Dear Sir : — You have almost raised me from the dead. For eight long years 
of experience with other doctors, and paying a fortune for doctor's bills, without re- 
ceiving the least benefit, but sinking daily in despair, coughing day and night, could 
keep nothing on my stomach, and was reduced to a skeleton, and almost dead, and 
was preparing for" my funeral, I heard of some wonderful cures made by Dr. Wil- 
son, and I was advised to consult him. He pronounced my case consumption, and 
then explained my feelings better than I could tell them, without asking me a word. 
He has made me a new woman ; I am strong, and do my own work with a pleasure, 
through his marvellous skill. Should any afflicted person wish to see me, I will 
tell them of what I have experienced with sickness and other doctors. 
Trulv vours, 
Sept. 13, 1SS4. " Mrs - r - e - GODSOE, C St., Knightsville, Maine. 



Dr. W. Wilson : 

Dear Sir : — This certifies that I am now in the enjoyment of the best of health, 
from vour wonderful skill. I never dreamed of being so strong and rugged as I am, 
after being given up as a hopeless case bv the best physicians of this city, and I 
cheerfully recommend you as a man of wonderful ability. 
* Respectful lv vours, 

ANNIE E. DAVENPORT, 
Oct. 15, 1SS0. No. 95 Salem St., Worcester, Mass. 

These are a sample of the many testimonials constantly coming in from every 
direction to Dr. Wilson. 



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From the Sunday Times, Portland. 

ANOTHER MEDICAL MIRACLE. 
Dr. W. Wilson : 

Dear Sir : — Under your wonderful skill I have so improved in health as to become 
a new creature. Before seeing- you my case was hopeless, after being- treated for 
years by many of the so-called best physicians without the least benefit; none of 
them understood my case and suffering-, only as I could tell them, with my imperfect 
knowledge of the complicated character of my debility, after a thousand and one 
questions being asked. But you, without asking me a word, after examining me, 
explained my every feeling of aches and pains better than I could tell them; your 
science really comprehends an unlimited knowledge of the human being, and your 
curative abilities are equal to your skilful diagnosis, which astonishes not only my- 
self, but my friends, who claim that I look twenty years younger, and that is just 
how I feel, thanks be to your skill. Yours truly, 

March 14, 1S83. Mrs. MARY HOLBROOK, 61 Carlton St., Portland, Me. 



From the Morning Press, Portland, Me. 
Dr. W. Wilson : 

Dear Sir: — I am at a loss to know how to express myself in thanking you, for 
your wonderful skill has made me a new man. Before seeing you I was a great 
.sufferer from an affliction that no other doctor could tell anything about, or do me 
the least good. But your new science of diagnosing diseases comprehends the 
whole fabric of the human being, with all its complications; it is truly wonderful 
with what accuracy you are able to explain my complicated disease, when so many 
other physicians, of acknowledged skill, have failed to understand the first thing 
about my suffering and loss of strength and vitality, and sleeplessness. I owe my 
life to your skill. With many thanks, I shall ever remain 
Your grateful patient, 
Jan. iS, 1SS3. JOSEPH BARKER, 5S Cumberland St., Portland, Me. 

From the Eastern Argus, Portland. 

The Greatest Medical Achievement of the Age. 

Dr. W. Wilson has done more for me in three weeks than it was thought pos- 
sible for all the medical men in the United States to do in a lifetime. He has a won- 
derful natural gift to understand everything about the human being, and his powers 
of healing are quite equal to that of diagnosing diseases. He explains everything 
about you most astonishingly, without asking a question. 

I was a great sufferer for years, and have consulted all the best physicians I 
know of without receiving the least benefit or satisfaction. My sufferings were be- 
yond description ; and I became reduced to a skeleton. My case was so complicated 
that my physicians gave me up to die as incurable; pronounced il the last stage of 
consumption. I could keep nothing on my stomach, nor rest night or day. But 
now I am restored to health, but am at a loss to find words to express my gratitude. 
I can onlv sav, let all suffering humanitv go to Dr. Wilson and be saved. 
July 26,' 1SS2. Mrs. JOHN WYMAX, Newry Corner, Oxford Co., Me. 

From the Portland Eve?iing Express. 

Another Medical Miracle. 
Dr. W. Wilson: 

Dear Sir : — I shall ever feel grateful to you for the ability you have displayed 
in my case In the short space of four weeks you have made me a new creature. 
Before seeing you my condition was hopeless, and I was sinking every day in de- 
spair, as I could get no help. My physicians gave me up, being in the last stage of 
consumption. But you have raised'me up to my former self. I now feel strong; 
my work is a pleasure; I am full of hope. No person would believe such a change 
could be produced in the time, but those who know me and experience these benefits. 
You are a true friend to the afflicted, and master of your profession. I cheerfully 
recommend you to all suffering humanity. 
Yours truly, 
July 12, 1882. KATE McLEOD, 212 Cumberland St., Portland, Me. 



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From the Eastern Argus, June 17, 1SS4. 
Dr. W. Wilson last evening delivered another of his remarkable lectures in 
Congress Hall, to a larg^e and intelligent audience of progressive minds. His lee- 
tures are instructive and interesting; his theory is original and new, as he diagnoses 
disease from the examination of the head, and he imparts unlimited knowledge of 
the human being. 

From the Morning Press, December 16th, 1SS2. 

Dr. W. Wilson, in Congress Hall, delivered the last of his Course of Lectures 
last evening with flattering success. His large audiences were composed of intelli- 
gent citizens, who manifested great interest in his new science, as he explained tne 
nature and character of dropsy, paralysis, complicated diseases, and consumption, 
and the reason why the faculty failed to cure so many diseases — they had no estab- 
lished rules of diagnosis. He complimented the faculty of this city, and said that 
he had seen better surgical operations performed in Portland than in any city in the 
world. The doctor explained at considerable length the relations of the different or- 
gans to each other, and those that do the most work in the evolutions of life, and 
most liable to get out of order. He then invited the audience to send upon the plat- 
form subjects for examination, and he would prove that the brain was the index and 
sun-dial of life, by which he would tell just what condition that life was in. There 
was no lack of subjects. He examined a dozen or more, with remarkable success in 
every case. He explained every condition of accident and debility, from head to 
foot, and showed them on diagrams the severity to such a degree, that proved the 
doctor to be extensively acquainted with the human system. He then invited the 
audience to examine the skulls, with the marks that showed the accidents and dis- 
eases that caused death. 

The doctor has been invited to repeat these lectures, as they are the most inter- 
esting and instructive of anything of the kind ever delivered in Portland. 

The doctor can be consulted at the United States Hotel. 



From the Evening Express, May 19, 18S4. 

Dr. W. Wilson' 5 Course of Lectures closed on Saturday, 17th, with remark- 
able success, attended by many of the leading progressive minds of both sexes, who 
displaved great interest in the science of self-knowledge, that is all important in this 
progressive age. The doctor is a man of remarkable ability, introducing new theo- 
ries in the practice of diagnosing diseases that are destined to revolutionize the 
present system of the medical schools of practice. He proves the brain to be the 
index of every mental and physical condition of ability and disability to a degree. 
He examined many ladies and gentlemen from the audience, and found them suffer- 
ing with complicated diseases and debilities, each being explained in detail with- 
out asking a question. Some he told of cases inherited; others, from overwork, 
strained from head to foot; others suffering from over-doses of mercury, and had 
been pronounced rheumatism ; others suffering from diseases of the diaphram and 
spleen, and had been pronounced lung disease ; others from heart disease, from over- 
taxation of mental and physical powers, and had been pronounced paralysis. One 
gentleman was told that ten years ago he was afflicted with inflammation of the 
bowels, and that he was attended by a good physician or lie could not have lived, 
but he was all right now; he told the audience that it was fifteen years ago. 

Call and see the doctor at the Falmouth Hotel. 



XJISTITESID STATES HOTEL. 



DR. W. WILSON'S unparalleled success in the cure of upwards 
of 6,000 of the most difficult, complicated cases, within the last 
four years is the best evidence of his skill, that needs a trial only. 

His Ladies' Periodical Regulating Magnet is working won- 
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Consultations and examinations free, from 9 A. M. to 8 P. M. 

Ladies, suffer no longer. Call and investigate, and learn to 
be your own physician. No questions asked, but your every ail- 
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FURTHER TESTIMONIALS REFER TO 

Col. Israel Plummer, Providence, R. I. 

Doctors M. W. & E. P. Small, Surg. Dentists, R. I. 

Dr. J. I. Harris, Surg-. Dentist, Worcester, Mass. 

Hon. T. Harrington, Board of Health, Worcester, Mass. 

T. Davenport, Esq., Worcester, Mass. 

W. H. Lougee, M. D., Lawrence, Mass., President Medical Society. 

Dr. H. Holland, Surg. Dentist, Lawrence, Mass. 

George Dutton, M. D., Author of Hygieanic Manual, Sanitary Science, Love's 

Guide and Popular Physiology, Springfield, Mass. 
E. S. Shaw, M. D., Springfield, Mass. 

Prof. A. Burtt, Author of Burtt's Dictionary, &c, Pittsburgh, Pa. 
Prof. George L. Luckey, Superintendent of Schools, Pittsburgh, Pa. 
Dr. H. Manchester, Surg. Dentist, Pittsburgh, Pa. 
Hon. R. E. Mercer, President School Board, Pittsburgh, Pa. 
Hon. M. Burke, President Board of Education, Pittsburgh, Pa. 
A. G. Cook, Esq., Merchant, Boston, Mass. 
William Troupe, Esq., Retired Merchant, Boston, Mass. 
George A. Torry, Esq., Attorney at Law, Boston, Mass. 
E. Emery, Esq., Attorney at Law, Boston, Mass. 
Fitz Brothers, Ship Brokers, Boston, Mass. 

A. N. Blodgett, M. D., Boston, Mass. 
N. L. Clemmer, M. D., Brownsville, Pa. 
J. Braden, M. D., Waynesburgh, Pa. 
Prof. Atkinson, Waynesburgh College, Pa. 
Prof. Miller, Waynesburgh College, Pa. 
J. D. Kelly, M. D., Sherbourne, X. Y. 
Hon. J. Fox, Hartford, Conn. 

T. H. Smith, Esq., Hartford, Conn. 

George A. Byam, Esq., Attorney at Law, Lowell, Mass. 

L. Huntress, M. D., Lowell, Mass. 

S. Bartlett, M. D., Lowell, Mass. 

\V. B. Solomon, M. D., Woonsocket, R. I. 

L. S. Wesley, M. D., Fall River, Mass. 

Prof. P. Borden, Academy of Music, Fall River, Mass. 

Judge Lapham, Fall River, Mass. 

Judge Blazedell, Fall River, Mass. 

Ex-Mayor Davenport, Fall River, Mass. 

Hon. G. Thompson, Portland, Me. 

B. Stokes, Esq., Manchester, N. H. 

J. T. Mittson, Esq., N. Bennington, Vt. 

Flanders & Co., Haverhill, Mass. 

Dr. H. K. Craig, President of Jefferson College, Pa. 

Prof. Scott, Teacher of Anatomy in the above College. 

D. A. Maddox, M. D., Portland, Me. 

A. F. Bartlett & Co., Truss Manufacturers, Boston, Mass. 

Dr. Quinby, City Physician, Biddeford, Me. 



